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  • 2024 Jeju Air Flight 2216 crashes into a wall in Muan, South Korea, killing 179 of the 181 occupants. It is the worst aircraft accident on South Korean soil in history.
  • 2023 South Africa files a genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice over Israeli conducts in the Gaza Strip.
  • 2020 A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits near the town of Petrinja in Sisak-Moslavina County, Croatia, killing seven people.
  • 2013 A suicide bomb attack at the Volgograd-1 railway station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd kills at least 18 people and wounds 40 others.
  • 2013 Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher suffers a massive head injury while skiing in the French Alps.
  • 2012 A Tupolev Tu-204 airliner crashes in a ditch between the airport fence and the M3 highway after overshooting a runway at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing five people and leaving three others critically injured.
  • 2006 The UK settles its Anglo-American loan, post-WWII loan debt.
  • 2003 The last known speaker of Akkala Sami dies, rendering the language extinct.
  • 1998 Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the Cambodian genocide that claimed over one million lives.
  • 1996 Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity sign a peace accord ending a 36-year civil war.
  • 1994 Turkish Airlines Flight 278 (a Boeing 737-400) crashes on approach to Van Ferit Melen Airport in Van, Turkey, killing 57 of the 76 people on board.
  • 1992 Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, tries to resign amidst corruption charges, but is then impeached.
  • 1989 Czech writer, philosopher and dissident Václav Havel is elected the first post-communist President of Czechoslovakia.
  • 1989 The Nikkei 225 for the Tokyo Stock Exchange hits its all-time intra-day high of 38,957.44 and closing high at 38,915.87, serving as the apex of the Japanese asset price bubble.
  • 1975 A bomb explodes at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and injuring more than 75.
  • 1972 Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar) crashes in the Florida Everglades on approach to Miami International Airport, Florida, killing 101 of the 176 people on board.
  • 1940 In the Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London, England, killing almost 200 civilians during World War II.
  • 1937 The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.
  • 1934 Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.
  • 1930 Sir Muhammad Iqbal's presidential address in Allahabad introduces the two-nation theory and outlines a vision for the creation of Pakistan.
  • 1913 Cecil B. DeMille starts filming Hollywood's first feature film, The Squaw Man.
  • 1911 Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.
  • 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre: On Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota are killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment.
  • 1876 The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.
  • 1874 The military coup of Gen. Martinez Campos in Sagunto ends the failed First Spanish Republic and the monarchy is restored as Prince Alfonso is proclaimed King of Spain.
  • 1862 American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou ends in a Union defeat as forces under General William T. Sherman are repulsed with heavy losses by Confederate troops under General John C. Pemberton.
  • 1860 The launch of HMS Warrior, with her combination of screw propeller, iron hull and iron armour, renders all previous warships obsolete.
  • 1845 The United States annexes the Republic of Texas and admits it as the 28th state.
  • 1835 The Treaty of New Echota is signed, ceding all the lands of the Cherokee east of the Mississippi River to the United States.
  • 1812 USS Constitution, under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures HMS Java off the coast of Brazil after a three-hour battle.
  • 1778 American Revolutionary War: British forces under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell defeat American forces under Major General Robert Howe and capture the port city of Savannah, Georgia.
  • 1607 According to John Smith, Pocahontas, daughter of Powhatan leader Wahunsenacawh, successfully pleads for his life after tribal leaders attempt to execute him.
  • 1503 The Battle of Garigliano was fought between a Spanish army under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba and a French army commanded by Ludovico II, Marquess of Saluzzo.
  • 1170 Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II; he subsequently becomes a saint and martyr in the Anglican Communion and the Catholic Church.
  • 2006 Ethan Mbappé, French footballer
  • 2000 Orkun Kökçü, Dutch-Turkish footballer
  • 2000 Julio Rodríguez, Dominican baseball player
  • 2000 Eliot Vassamillet, Belgian singer
  • 1999 Andreas Skov Olsen, Danish footballer
  • 1999 Francisco Trincão, Portuguese footballer
  • 1998 Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, American actor
  • 1998 Victor Osimhen, Nigerian footballer
  • 1998 Brandon Thomas-Asante, Ghanaian footballer
  • 1997 Felix Keisinger, German skeleton racer
  • 1996 Sana Minatozaki, Japanese singer
  • 1996 Dylan Minnette, American actor, musician and singer
  • 1995 Myles Garrett, American football player
  • 1995 Rina Ikoma, Japanese singer and actress (Nogizaka46 and AKB48)
  • 1995 Ross Lynch, American singer and actor
  • 1994 Kristel Fulgar, Filipino actress
  • 1994 Princess Kako of Akishino, Japanese princess
  • 1993 Travis Head, Australian cricketer
  • 1993 Gabby May, Canadian artistic gymnast
  • 1992 Mislav Oršić, Croatian footballer
  • 1992 Katsuhiro Suzuki, Japanese actor and model
  • 1991 Steven Caulker, English footballer
  • 1991 Patrick Feeney, American sprinter
  • 1990 Allen Kim, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (U-KISS)
  • 1989 Jane Levy, American actress
  • 1989 Kei Nishikori, Japanese tennis player
  • 1989 Harri Säteri, Finnish ice hockey player
  • 1988 Eric Berry, American football player
  • 1988 Christen Press, American footballer
  • 1988 Ágnes Szávay, Hungarian tennis player
  • 1987 Iain De Caestecker, Scottish actor
  • 1987 Juliana Huxtable, American artist
  • 1987 Yuhi Sekiguchi, Japanese race car driver
  • 1986 Joe Anyon, former English footballer
  • 1986 Derek Ryan, American ice hockey player
  • 1985 Wang Ji-hye, South Korean actress
  • 1985 Alexa Ray Joel, American singer-songwriter
  • 1984 Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, American playwright
  • 1984 Brenton Lawrence, Australian rugby league player
  • 1984 Reimo Tamm, Estonian basketball player
  • 1983 Jessica Andrews, American singer and songwriter
  • 1983 James Kelly, Australian footballer
  • 1983 Gonzalo Olave, Chilean actor (died 2009)
  • 1983 Angela Scanlon, Irish television presenter and general television personality
  • 1982 Alison Brie, American actress
  • 1982 Gabrielle Destroismaisons, Canadian singer
  • 1982 Brian Hill, Canadian swimmer
  • 1982 Dale Morris, Australian footballer
  • 1982 Norbert Siedler, Austrian race car driver
  • 1982 Julia Wertz, American cartoonist, writer and urban explorer
  • 1981 Shizuka Arakawa, Japanese figure skater and sportscaster
  • 1981 Janice Lynn Mather, Bahamian-Canadian author
  • 1981 Shaun Suisham, American football player
  • 1981 Anna Woltz, Dutch author
  • 1981 Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko, Estonian footballer
  • 1979 Diego Luna, Mexican actor, director and producer
  • 1979 Yuki Morisaki, Japanese chef and television host
  • 1979 Moe Oshikiri, Japanese model and actress
  • 1979 George Parros, American ice hockey player
  • 1979 Reihan Salam, American political commentator, columnist and author
  • 1979 Ariel Schrag, American cartoonist and screenwriter
  • 1978 Alexis Amore, Peruvian-American porn actress and director
  • 1978 Jake Berry, English lawyer and politician
  • 1978 Matthew Carr, Australian footballer
  • 1978 Kieron Dyer, English footballer and coach
  • 1978 Danny Higginbotham, English footballer and journalist
  • 1978 Mitsuhiro Ishida, Japanese mixed martial artist
  • 1978 LaToya London, American singer and actress
  • 1978 Angelo Taylor, American hurdler and sprinter
  • 1977 Jimmy Journell, American baseball player
  • 1977 Katherine Moennig, American actress
  • 1976 Kate Ford, English actress
  • 1976 Filip Kuba, Czech ice hockey player
  • 1976 Danny McBride, American actor, producer and screenwriter
  • 1975 Shawn Hatosy, American actor
  • 1975 Jaret Wright, American baseball player
  • 1974 Asheru, American rapper and producer
  • 1974 O'Neil Bell, Jamaican boxer (died 2015)
  • 1974 Maria Dizzia, American actress
  • 1974 Twinkle Khanna, Indian actress and writer
  • 1974 Mahal, Filipino actress, comedian and vlogger (died 2021)
  • 1974 Mekhi Phifer, American actor
  • 1974 Richie Sexson, American baseball player and coach
  • 1974 Ryan Shore, Canadian composer and producer
  • 1973 Pimp C, American rapper and producer (UGK) (died 2007)
  • 1973 Theo Epstein, American businessman
  • 1973 Jenny Lawson, American journalist and author
  • 1972 Andreas Dackell, Swedish ice hockey player
  • 1972 Jason Kreis, American soccer player and manager
  • 1972 Jude Law, English actor
  • 1972 Leonor Varela, Chilean-American model and actress
  • 1971 Besnik Hasi, Kosovo Albanian football manager and former player
  • 1971 Mike Pesca, American radio journalist and podcaster
  • 1971 Um Sang-hyun, South Korean voice actor
  • 1971 Margot Thien, American swimmer
  • 1970 Enrico Chiesa, Italian footballer and manager
  • 1970 Aled Jones, Welsh singer and television host
  • 1970 Hidetoshi Mitsusada, Japanese race car driver
  • 1970 Glen Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1970 Kevin Weisman, American actor
  • 1969 Jason Cook, English footballer
  • 1969 Jennifer Ehle, American actress
  • 1969 Allan McNish, Scottish race car driver and journalist
  • 1969 José Antonio Noriega, Mexican footballer
  • 1969 Scott Patterson, American financial journalist and author
  • 1968 Li Bun-hui, North Korean table tennis player
  • 1968 James Mouton, American baseball player
  • 1967 Ashleigh Banfield, Canadian-American journalist
  • 1967 Chris Barnes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1967 Lilly Wachowski, American director, screenwriter and producer
  • 1966 Laurent Boudouani, French boxer
  • 1966 Stefano Eranio, Italian footballer and coach
  • 1966 Jason Gould, American actor and singer
  • 1966 Christian Kracht, Swiss author
  • 1966 Jeff Luhnow, American businessman
  • 1966 Danilo Pérez, Panamanian pianist and composer
  • 1965 Dexter Holland, American musician, singer, songwriter, and biologist
  • 1965 John Newton, American actor
  • 1965 Martin Offiah, English rugby league player and sportscaster
  • 1964 Michael Cudlitz, American actor
  • 1964 Josh Harris, American investor and sports team owner
  • 1964 Shingo Tsurumi, Japanese actor
  • 1963 Francisco Bustamante, Filipino billiards player
  • 1963 Des Foy, English rugby player
  • 1963 Ulf Kristersson, Swedish politician, Leader of the Swedish Moderate Party and 35th Prime Minister of Sweden
  • 1963 Dave McKean, English illustrator, photographer, director, and pianist
  • 1963 Sean Payton, American football player and coach
  • 1963 Liisa Savijarvi, Canadian skier
  • 1962 Leza Lowitz, American author
  • 1962 Carles Puigdemont, Catalan politician and journalist, former president
  • 1962 Wynton Rufer, New Zealand footballer
  • 1962 Devon White, Jamaican-American baseball player
  • 1961 Kevin Granata, American engineer and academic (died 2007)
  • 1961 Richard Horton, English physician and journalist
  • 1961 Jim Reid, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1961 Iliya Valov, Bulgarian football player (d. 2024)
  • 1960 Katerina Didaskalou, Greek actress
  • 1960 Brian A. Hopkins, American author
  • 1960 David Boon, Australian cricketer
  • 1960 Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, Congolese militia leader, founded the Union of Congolese Patriots
  • 1960 David Gilbert, Australian cricketer
  • 1960 Michael James Pappas, American politician
  • 1959 Patricia Clarkson, American actress
  • 1959 Keith Crossan, Irish rugby player
  • 1959 Ann Demeulemeester, Belgian fashion designer
  • 1959 Martin Moran, American actor and author
  • 1959 Milton Ottey, Jamaican-Canadian high jumper and coach
  • 1959 Paula Poundstone, American comedian and author
  • 1958 Tyrone Benskin, English-Canadian actor, theatre director and politician
  • 1958 Nancy J. Currie-Gregg, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut
  • 1957 Brad Grey, American screenwriter and producer (died 2017)
  • 1957 Oliver Hirschbiegel, German actor, director, and producer
  • 1957 Paul Rudnick, American author, playwright, and screenwriter
  • 1956 Zaki Chehab, Lebanese-British journalist
  • 1956 Fred MacAulay, Scottish comedian and radio host
  • 1956 Katy Munger, American writer
  • 1955 Chris Goodall, English businessman and author
  • 1955 Donald D. Hoffman, American quantitative psychologist and author
  • 1954 Albrecht Böttcher, German mathematician
  • 1954 Norihito, Prince Takamado of Japan (died 2002)
  • 1954 Mike Parry, English broadcaster and former journalist
  • 1954 Roger Voudouris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2003)
  • 1953 Gali Atari, Israeli singer and actress
  • 1953 Thomas Bach, German fencer, lawyer and sports administrator; 9th President of the International Olympic Committee
  • 1953 Alan Rusbridger, Zambian-English journalist and academic
  • 1953 Kate Schmidt, American javelin thrower and coach
  • 1953 Stanley Williams, American gang leader, co-founded the Crips (died 2005)
  • 1953 Charlayne Woodard, American actress and playwright
  • 1952 Gelsey Kirkland, American ballerina and choreographer
  • 1951 Willem de Blécourt, Dutch historical anthropologist
  • 1951 Yvonne Elliman, American singer-songwriter and actress
  • 1951 Mike deGruy, American documentary filmmaker (died 2012)
  • 1951 Georges Thurston, Canadian singer-songwriter (died 2007)
  • 1950 Jon Polito, American actor (died 2016)
  • 1949 Syed Kirmani, Indian cricketer and actor
  • 1949 Ian Livingstone, English fantasy author and entrepreneur
  • 1949 David Topliss, English rugby league player and coach (died 2008)
  • 1948 Jacky Clark Chisholm, American gospel singer
  • 1948 Peter Robinson, Northern Irish politician, 3rd First Minister of Northern Ireland
  • 1947 Richard Crandall, American physicist and computer scientist (died 2012)
  • 1947 Ted Danson, American actor and producer
  • 1947 Leonhard Lapin, Estonian architect and poet (died 2022)
  • 1947 Cozy Powell, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (died 1998)
  • 1947 David Tanner, English rower and coach
  • 1947 Vincent Winter, Scottish actor, director, and production manager (died 1998)
  • 1946 Marianne Faithfull, English singer-songwriter and actress (died 2025)
  • 1946 Laffit Pincay, Jr., Panamanian jockey
  • 1946 Paul Trible, American attorney, politician and academic administrator
  • 1946 Jackie Bezos, American philanthropist (died 2025)
  • 1945 Birendra of Nepal, King of Nepal from 1972 to 2001 (died 2001)
  • 1945 Keith Milow, British artist
  • 1944 Andrew Foster, British public servant
  • 1944 Rodney Redmond, New Zealand cricketer
  • 1944 Gerard Windsor, Australian author and literary critic
  • 1943 Bill Aucoin, American talent manager (died 2010)
  • 1943 Molly Bang, American author and illustrator
  • 1943 Rick Danko, Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (died 1999)
  • 1942 Dinah Christie, English-Canadian actress and singer
  • 1942 Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor (died 2012)
  • 1942 Dorothy Morkis, American equestrian
  • 1942 Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, Honduran cardinal
  • 1941 Ray Thomas, English singer-songwriter and flute player (died 2018)
  • 1940 Fred Hansen, American pole vaulter
  • 1939 Ed Bruce, American country music singer-songwriter (died 2021)
  • 1938 Harvey Smith, English horse rider and sportscaster
  • 1938 Jon Voight, American actor and producer
  • 1937 Wayne Huizenga, American businessman, founded AutoNation (died 2018)
  • 1937 Barbara Steele, English actress
  • 1936 Mary Tyler Moore, American actress and producer (died 2017)
  • 1936 Ray Nitschke, American football player (died 1998)
  • 1934 Ed Flanders, American actor (died 1995)
  • 1933 Samuel Brittan, English journalist and author (died 2020)
  • 1932 Inga Swenson, American actress and singer (died 2023)
  • 1931 Yi Ku, Korean prince (died 2005)
  • 1931 Stasys Stonkus, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (died 2012)
  • 1929 Matt Murphy, American guitarist (died 2018)
  • 1928 Bernard Cribbins, British actor (died 2022)
  • 1927 Andy Stanfield, American sprinter (died 1985)
  • 1925 Pete Dye, American golfer and architect (died 2020)
  • 1924 Joe Allbritton, American businessman and publisher, founded the Allbritton Communications Company (died 2012)
  • 1924 Kim Song-ae, Korean politician (died 2014)
  • 1923 Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat, French mathematician and physicist (died 2025)
  • 1923 Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian, anthropologist, and physicist (died 1986)
  • 1923 Lily Ebert, Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor (died 2024)
  • 1923 Morton Estrin, American pianist and educator (died 2017)
  • 1923 Dina Merrill, American actress, game show panelist, socialite, heiress, and businesswoman (died 2017)
  • 1923 Shlomo Venezia, Greek-Italian author and Holocaust survivor (died 2012)
  • 1922 Little Joe Cook, American singer-songwriter (died 2014)
  • 1922 William Gaddis, American author and academic (died 1998)
  • 1921 Robert C. Baker, American inventor and professor (died 2006)
  • 1921 Dobrica Ćosić, Serbian politician, 1st President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (died 2014)
  • 1921 Michael Horne, English structural engineer, scientist and academic (died 2000)
  • 1920 Viveca Lindfors, Swedish-American actress, singer and poet (died 1995)
  • 1919 Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist and author (died 2014)
  • 1919 Roman Vlad, Italian pianist and composer (died 2013)
  • 1917 Tom Bradley, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 38th Mayor of Los Angeles (died 1998)
  • 1917 Ramanand Sagar, Indian director and producer (died 2005)
  • 1915 Bill Osmanski, American football player and coach (died 1996)
  • 1915 Robert Ruark, American hunter and author (died 1965)
  • 1915 Jo Van Fleet, American actress (died 1996)
  • 1914 Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter and academic (died 1976)
  • 1914 Billy Tipton, American pianist and saxophonist (died 1989)
  • 1914 Albert Tucker, Australian painter and illustrator (died 1999)
  • 1911 Klaus Fuchs, German physicist and spy (died 1988)
  • 1910 Ronald Coase, English-American economist, author, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
  • 1908 Helmut Gollwitzer, German theologian and author (died 1993)
  • 1908 Magnus Pyke, English scientist and author (died 1992)
  • 1904 Kuvempu, Indian author and poet (died 1994)
  • 1903 Candido Portinari, Brazilian painter (died 1962)
  • 1902 Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1957)
  • 1899 Nie Rongzhen, Chinese general and politician, Mayor of Beijing (died 1992)
  • 1896 David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (died 1974)
  • 1895 Oswald Freisler, German lawyer and author (died 1939)
  • 1894 J. Lister Hill, American politician (died 1984)
  • 1892 Aku Korhonen, Finnish actor (died 1960)
  • 1886 Norman Hallows, English runner and captain (died 1968)
  • 1886 Georg Hermann Struve, German astronomer (died 1933)
  • 1885 Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general (died 1921)
  • 1881 Scott Leary, American swimmer (died 1958)
  • 1881 Jess Willard, American boxer (died 1968)
  • 1879 Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (died 1936)
  • 1876 Pablo Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor (died 1973)
  • 1876 Lionel Tertis, English violist (died 1975)
  • 1874 François Brandt, Dutch rower and bishop (died 1949)
  • 1870 Earl Gregg Swem, American historian, bibliographer and librarian (died 1965)
  • 1859 Venustiano Carranza, Mexican soldier and politician, 37th President of Mexico (died 1920)
  • 1857 Sydney Young, English chemist (died 1937)
  • 1856 Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch-French mathematician and academic (died 1894)
  • 1855 August Kitzberg, Estonian author and poet (died 1927)
  • 1844 Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee, Indian barrister and first president of Indian National Congress (died 1906)
  • 1843 Elisabeth of Wied (died 1916)
  • 1816 Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (died 1895)
  • 1811 Francisco Palau, Catalan Discalced Carmelite friar and priest (died 1872)
  • 1809 George Washington Baines, American politician, journalist and educator (died 1882)
  • 1809 William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1898)
  • 1809 Albert Pike, American author, poet, orator, editor, lawyer, jurist, and general (died 1891)
  • 1808 Andrew Johnson – American general and politician, 17th President of the United States (died 1875)
  • 1804 John Langdon Sibley, American librarian (died 1885)
  • 1800 Charles Goodyear, American chemist and engineer (died 1860)
  • 1796 Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (died 1877)
  • 1788 Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, Danish antiquarian (died 1865)
  • 1766 Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and the inventor of waterproof fabric (died 1843)
  • 1746 Saverio Cassar, Maltese priest and rebel leader (died 1805)
  • 1721 Madame de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV (died 1764)
  • 1709 Elizabeth Petrovna, Russian empress (died 1762)
  • 1633 Johannes Zollikofer, Swiss vicar (died 1692)
  • 1550 García de Silva Figueroa, Spanish diplomat and traveller (died 1624)
  • 1536 Henry VI, German nobleman (died 1572)
  • 2024 Aaron Brown, American journalist and academic (born 1948)
  • 2024 Jimmy Carter – American politician, 39th President of the United States (born 1924)
  • 2024 Linda Lavin, American actress and singer (born 1937)
  • 2024 Tomiko Itooka, Japanese supercentenarian (born 1908)
  • 2023 Gil de Ferran, French-born Brazilian racing driver, CART champion (2000, 2001), 2003 Indianapolis 500 winner (born 1967)
  • 2022 Pelé, Brazilian footballer (born 1940)
  • 2022 Edgar Savisaar, Estonian politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior (born 1950)
  • 2022 Vivienne Westwood, English fashion designer (born 1941)
  • 2021 Peter Klatzow, South African composer (born 1945)
  • 2020 Pierre Cardin, Italian-French fashion designer (born 1922)
  • 2020 Joe Louis Clark, American educator (born 1937)
  • 2020 Alexi Laiho, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1979)
  • 2019 Alasdair Gray, Scottish writer and artist (born 1934)
  • 2019 Neil Innes, English writer, comedian and musician (born 1944)
  • 2018 Brian Garfield, American novelist, historian and screenwriter (born 1939)
  • 2018 Rosenda Monteros, Mexican actress (born 1935)
  • 2017 Peggy Cummins, Irish actress (born 1925)
  • 2017 John C. Portman Jr., American neofuturistic architect and real estate developer (born 1924)
  • 2016 Keion Carpenter, American football defensive back (born 1977)
  • 2016 LaVell Edwards, American football head coach (born 1930)
  • 2015 Om Prakash Malhotra, Indian general and politician, 25th Governor of Punjab (born 1922)
  • 2015 Pavel Srníček, Czech footballer and coach (born 1968)
  • 2015 Kim Yang-gon, North Korean politician (born 1942)
  • 2014 Syed Hamid, Indian academic and diplomat (born 1920)
  • 2014 Hari Harilela, Indian-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist (born 1922)
  • 2014 Odd Iversen, Norwegian footballer (born 1945)
  • 2014 Juanito Remulla, Sr., Filipino lawyer and politician, Governor of Cavite (born 1933)
  • 2013 C. T. Hsia, Chinese-American critic and scholar (born 1921)
  • 2013 Paul Comstive, English footballer (born 1961)
  • 2013 Benjamin Curtis, American guitarist, drummer, and songwriter (born 1978)
  • 2013 Connie Dierking, American basketball player (born 1936)
  • 2013 Wojciech Kilar, Polish classical and film music composer (born 1932)
  • 2013 Besik Kudukhov, Russian wrestler (born 1986)
  • 2013 Jagadish Mohanty, Indian author and translator (born 1951)
  • 2013 Mike O'Connor, German-American journalist (born 1946)
  • 2012 Mike Auldridge, American singer and guitarist (born 1938)
  • 2012 Tony Greig, South African-Australian cricketer and sportscaster (born 1946)
  • 2012 Roland Griffiths-Marsh, Malaysian-Australian soldier and author (born 1923)
  • 2012 Edward Meneeley, American painter and sculptor (born 1927)
  • 2012 Ben Overton, American jurist (born 1926)
  • 2012 William Rees-Mogg, British newspaper journalist (born 1928)
  • 2012 Salvador Reyes Monteón, Mexican footballer and manager (born 1936)
  • 2012 Paulo Rocha, Portuguese director and screenwriter (born 1935)
  • 2012 Bruce Stark, American cartoonist (born 1933)
  • 2012 Ignacy Tokarczuk, Polish archbishop (born 1918)
  • 2011 Constance Bartlett Hieatt, American scholar (born 1928)
  • 2010 Avi Cohen, Israeli footballer and manager (born 1956)
  • 2010 Bill Erwin, American actor and cartoonist (born 1914)
  • 2009 Janina Bauman, Polish journalist and writer (born 1926)
  • 2009 David Levine, American artist and illustrator (born 1926)
  • 2009 Steve Williams, American football player and wrestler (born 1960)
  • 2008 Freddie Hubbard, American trumpet player and composer (born 1938)
  • 2008 Victor H. Krulak, American soldier (born 1913)
  • 2007 Phil O'Donnell, Scottish footballer (born 1972)
  • 2007 Phil Dusenberry, American advertising executive (born 1936)
  • 2007 Kevin Greening, English radio host (born 1962)
  • 2005 Gerda Boyesen, Norwegian-English psychotherapist and author (born 1922)
  • 2005 Cyril Philips, British historian and academic director (born 1912)
  • 2005 Basil William Robinson, British art scholar and author (born 1912)
  • 2004 Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912)
  • 2004 Ken Burkhart, American baseball player and umpire (born 1916)
  • 2004 Peter Davison, American poet, essayist, teacher, lecturer, editor and publisher (born 1928)
  • 2004 Liddy Holloway, New Zealand actress and screenwriter (born 1947)
  • 2003 Earl Hindman, American actor (born 1942)
  • 2003 Dinsdale Landen, English actor (born 1932)
  • 2003 Bob Monkhouse, English comedian, actor, and game show host (born 1928)
  • 2002 Lloyd Barbee, American lawyer and politician (born 1925)
  • 2002 Ralph Clanton, American actor (born 1914)
  • 2001 Takashi Asahina, Japanese conductor (born 1908)
  • 2001 Cássia Eller, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1962)
  • 2001 György Kepes, Hungarian painter, photographer, designer, educator and art theorist (born 1906)
  • 1999 Leon Radzinowicz, Polish-English criminologist and academic (born 1906)
  • 1998 Ralph Siu, American scholar, military and civil servant, and author (born 1917)
  • 1998 Don Taylor, American actor and film director (born 1920)
  • 1996 Pennar Davies, Welsh clergyman and author (born 1911)
  • 1996 Mireille Hartuch, French singer-songwriter and actress (born 1906)
  • 1996 Peggy Herbison, Scottish politician (born 1907)
  • 1995 Lita Grey, American actress (born 1908)
  • 1995 Hans Henkemans, Dutch pianist, composer and psychiatrist (born 1913)
  • 1994 Frank Thring, Australian actor (born 1926)
  • 1993 Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Armenian actor (born 1930)
  • 1992 Vivienne Segal, American actress and singer (born 1897)
  • 1989 Süreyya Ağaoğlu, Azerbaijani-Turkish lawyer and jurist (born 1903)
  • 1988 Mike Beuttler, Egyptian race car driver (born 1940)
  • 1988 Ieuan Maddock, Welsh scientist and nuclear researcher (born 1917)
  • 1987 Jun Ishikawa, Japanese author (born 1899)
  • 1987 Wilbert E. Moore, American sociologist (born 1914)
  • 1986 Harold Macmillan, English captain and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1894)
  • 1986 Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian director and screenwriter (born 1932)
  • 1984 Indus Arthur, American actress and singer (born 1941)
  • 1984 P. H. Polk, American photographer (born 1898)
  • 1984 Leo Robin, American composer, lyricist and songwriter (born 1900)
  • 1981 Philip Handler, American nutritionist, and biochemist (born 1917)
  • 1981 Miroslav Krleža, Croatian author, poet, and playwright (born 1893)
  • 1980 Tim Hardin, American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
  • 1980 Nadezhda Mandelstam, Russian author and educator (born 1899)
  • 1980 Irvin F. Westheimer, American businessman and social reformer (born 1879)
  • 1979 F. Edward Hébert, American journalist and politician (born 1901)
  • 1979 Richard Tecwyn Williams, Welsh biochemist (born 1909)
  • 1976 Ivo Van Damme, Belgian runner (born 1954)
  • 1975 Euell Gibbons, American author and naturalist (born 1911)
  • 1972 Joseph Cornell, American sculptor and director (born 1903)
  • 1972 Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos, Greek priest and missionary (born 1903)
  • 1971 John Marshall Harlan II, American lawyer and jurist (born 1899)
  • 1970 William King Gregory, American zoologist and anatomist (born 1876)
  • 1970 Marie Menken, American director and painter (born 1909)
  • 1968 Austin Farrer, English theologian and philosopher (born 1904)
  • 1967 Paul Whiteman, American violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1890)
  • 1965 Frank Nugent, American screenwriter, journalist and film reviewer (born 1908)
  • 1965 Kōsaku Yamada, Japanese composer and conductor (born 1886)
  • 1960 Eden Phillpotts, English author and poet (born 1862)
  • 1959 Robin Milford, English soldier and composer (born 1903)
  • 1958 Doris Humphrey, American dancer and choreographer (born 1895)
  • 1956 Miles Vandahurst Lynk, American physician and author (born 1871)
  • 1954 William Merriam Burton, American chemist (born 1865)
  • 1952 Fletcher Henderson, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1897)
  • 1952 Beryl Rubinstein, American pianist, composer and teacher (born 1898)
  • 1949 Tyler Dennett, American historian and author (born 1883)
  • 1948 Harry Farjeon, British composer and music teacher (born 1878)
  • 1946 Mirko Breyer, Croatian writer, bibliographer, and antiquarian (born 1863)
  • 1946 Camillo Schumann, German composer and organist (born 1872)
  • 1945 Beulah Dark Cloud, American actress (born 1887)
  • 1944 Khasan Israilov, Chechen rebel (born 1910)
  • 1943 Art Young, American cartoonist and writer (born 1866)
  • 1941 Louis Eilshemius, American painter (born 1864)
  • 1941 Tullio Levi-Civita, Italian mathematician and scholar (born 1873)
  • 1940 Stephen Birch, American businessman (born 1873)
  • 1939 Kelly Miller, American mathematician, sociologist, essayist, newspaper columnist and author (born 1863)
  • 1939 Madeleine Pelletier, French psychiatrist, feminist and political activist (born 1874)
  • 1937 Don Marquis, American journalist, author, and playwright (born 1878)
  • 1937 Alma Tell, American actress (born 1898)
  • 1936 Willem Siebenhaar, Dutch-Australian activist (born 1863)
  • 1929 Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer and businessman, founded Maybach (born 1846)
  • 1929 Edward Christopher Williams, American librarian (born 1871)
  • 1926 Rainer Maria Rilke – Austrian poet and author (born 1875)
  • 1925 Félix Vallotton, Swiss-French painter (born 1865)
  • 1924 Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1845)
  • 1921 Ling Ma – German philologist, linguist and lexicographer (born 1846)
  • 1919 William Osler, Canadian physician and professor (born 1849)
  • 1918 Abby Leach, American educator (born 1855)
  • 1915 Tom Shevlin, collegiate athlete and businessman (born 1883)
  • 1911 Rosamund Marriott Watson, English poet, author and critic (born 1860)
  • 1910 Samuel Butcher, Anglo-Irish classical scholar and politician (born 1850)
  • 1910 Reginald Doherty, English tennis player (born 1872)
  • 1905 Charles Yerkes, American financier (born 1837)
  • 1900 John Henry Leech, English entomologist (born 1862)
  • 1898 Ilia Solomonovich Abelman, Russian astronomer (born 1866)
  • 1897 William James Linton, English-American painter, author, and activist (born 1812)
  • 1896 Jacob ben Moses Bachrach, Polish apologist (born 1824)
  • 1894 Christina Rossetti, English poet and hymn-writer (born 1830)
  • 1891 Leopold Kronecker, Polish-German mathematician and academic (born 1823)
  • 1890 Spotted Elk, American tribal leader (born 1826)
  • 1890 Octave Feuillet, French novelist and dramatist (born 1821)
  • 1887 Ling Ma – Estonian-Russian linguist and botanist (b. 1805)
  • 1838 Søren Christian Sommerfelt, Norwegian priest and botanist (born 1794)
  • 1834 Thomas Robert Malthus, English economist (born 1766)
  • 1825 Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator (born 1748)
  • 1815 Sarah Baartman, Khoikhoi woman (b. 1789)
  • 1807 Diogo de Carvalho e Sampayo, Portuguese diplomat and scientist (born 1750)
  • 1785 Johann Heinrich Rolle, German composer (born 1716)
  • 1785 Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright (born 1742)
  • 1772 Ernst Johann von Biron, 7th duke of Courland and Semigallia (born 1690)
  • 1737 Joseph Saurin, French minister and mathematician (b. 1659)
  • 1731 Brook Taylor, English mathematician and theorist (born 1685)
  • 1720 Maria Margaretha Kirch, German astronomer and educator (born 1670)
  • 1689 Thomas Sydenham, English physician and author (born 1624)
  • 1661 Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant, French poet (born 1594)
  • 1634 John Albert Vasa, Polish cardinal (b. 1612)
  • 1606 Stephen Bocskai, Prince of Transylvania (born 1557)
  • 1563 Sebastian Castellio, French preacher and theologian (born 1515)
  • 1550 Bhuvanaikabahu VII, King of Kotte (born 1468)
  • 1380 Elizabeth of Poland, queen consort of Hungary (born 1305)
  • 1208 Emperor Zhangzong of Jin (born 1168)
  • 1170 Thomas Becket, English archbishop and saint (born 1118)
  • 721 Empress Genmei of Japan (b. 660)